diff --git a/base_ottr/Dockerfile b/base_ottr/Dockerfile
index 1e5d359..2af9802 100644
--- a/base_ottr/Dockerfile
+++ b/base_ottr/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ COPY github_package_list.tsv .
 RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token \
   Rscript install_github.R \
   --packages github_package_list.tsv \
-  --token $(cat /run/secrets/github_token)
+  --token /run/secrets/github_token
 
 WORKDIR /rocker-build/
 
diff --git a/base_ottr/install_github.R b/base_ottr/install_github.R
index 0af8cf7..7b42deb 100644
--- a/base_ottr/install_github.R
+++ b/base_ottr/install_github.R
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ option_list <- list(
 # Parse options
 opt <- parse_args(OptionParser(option_list = option_list))
 
-message(as.character(opt$tokens))
-
 # Read in the token
-token <- as.character(opt$tokens)
+token <- readLines(as.character(opt$tokens)[1])
+
+message(token)
 
 # Reset GITHUB PAT to be token
 # Sys.unsetenv("GITHUB_PAT")